V. M. Devadas Explained

V. M. Devadas
Birth Date:	March 1981
Birth Place:	Wadakkancherry, Thrissur, Kerala, India
Occupation:	Novelist, short story writer
Language:	Malayalam
Nationality:	Indian
Genre:	Novel, short story, essays
Notableworks:	Pannivetta, Shalabhajeevitham
Website:	Official blog

V. M. Devadas (born March 1981) is a Malayalam novelist, short story writer and screenwriter from Wadakkancherry, Kerala, India.

List of works

Novels

• Dildo: Aaru Maranangalude Pulp Fiction Patapusthakam (Palghat: Logos, 2009)^[1]
• Pannivetta (Trivandrum: Chintha, 2010)
• Cheppum Panthum (Kottayam:DC Books, 2017)
• Eru (Kottayam:DC Books, 2021)^[2]

Short story collections

• Marana Sahayi (Kottayam:DC Books, 2011)
• Salabha Jeevitham (Trivandrum: Chintha, 2014)^[3]
• Avanavan Thuruthu (Kottayam:DC Books, 2016)
• Vazhi Kanupidikkunnavar (Calicut: Mathrubhumi, 2018)
• Kadinu Nadukkoru Maram (Kottayam:DC Books, 2021)
• Katha (Kottayam: S.P.C.S., 2021)

Screenwriter

Name	Year	Production	Director
Garass^[4]	2014	Pune Film Institute	Sanju Surendran
Nadakantham^[5]	2017	Tungsten Brains	Vishnuprasad

Awards

• 2010: Malayala Manorama Novel Carnival Award – Pannivetta^[6]
• 2011: Nooranad Haneef Memorial Award – Pannivetta^[7]
• 2011: Chandrika Katha Puraskaram – Tibet (Story)^{[8] [9]}
• 2015 : Ettumanoor Kavya Vedhi Puraskaram – SalabhaJeevitham
• 2016 : Kerala Sahitya Akademi's Geetha Hiranyan Endowment Award 2014 – MaranaSahayi^{[10] [11]}
• 2016 - Mazhavil Sahitya Puraskaram – Chaavusakshyam^[12]
• 2017 – Ankanam Sahitya Puraskaram – SalabhaJeevitham^{[13] [14]}
• 2017 – Manoraj KathaSamahara Puraskaram – Avanavan Thuruthu^[15]
• 2017 – C.V Sreeraman Smrithi Puraskaram – Avanavan Thuruthu^[16]
• 2017 – Yes Press Books Novel Award – Cheppum Panthum^{[17] [18]}
• 2018 – Five Continents International Film Festival – Best Drama Short Film – Nadakantham^[19]
• 2018 – Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai award for best short film script at K.P.A.C International Fim Fest – Nadakantham
• 2018 – Karur Neelakanta Pillai Smaraka Katha Puraskaram – Panthirukulam^[20]
• 2018 – Swami Vivekananda Yuva Prathibha Award instituted by the Kerala State Youth Welfare Board – Avanavan Thuruthu^[21]
• 2018 – K.V. Sudhakaran Katha Puraskaram – Avanavan Thuruthu^[22]
• 2019 – Vaikom Muhammad Basheer Malayala Padhanakendram Award – Cheppum Panthum^{[23] [24]}
• 2019 – D Sreeman Namboothiri Sahithya Puraskaram – Cheppum Panthum^{[25] [26]}
• 2021 – K.A. Kodungallur Madhyamam Sahitya Puraskaram - Keezhkkamthookku^[27]
• 2022 – Thoppil Ravi Smaraka Sahithya Puraskaram - Eru^[28]
• 2022 – Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story Collection - Vazhi Kandupidikkunnavar^[29]
• 2023 – O. V. Vijayan Literary Award - Kadinu Nadukkoru Maram^[30]

External links

• കുളവാഴ – കഥ, ദേവദാസ് വി എം . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081816/http://malayalamvaarika.com/2014/January/10/story.pdf . 4 March 2016 . Kulavazha – Story by Devadas V. M . Malayalam Vaarika . ml .
• Web site: 'മേശപ്പുറം'- ദേവദാസിന്റെ ബ്ലോഗ് . Devadas's Blog . ml .

References

1. https://www.logosbooks.in/product/%e0%b4%a1%e0%b4%bf%e0%b5%bd%e0%b4%a1%e0%b5%8b-dildo/ "ഡിൽഡോ Dildo"
2. https://www.manoramaonline.com/literature/bookreview/2021/06/01/eru-book-written-by-devadas-vm.html "ഓര്‍ക്കാപ്പുറത്ത് ഓര്‍മപ്പെടുത്തലുകളാകുന്ന കല്ലേറുകള്‍"
3. https://www.puzha.com/blog/shalabhajeevitham/ "ശലഭജീവിതം"
4. News: Garass . Hindi Short Film .
5. News: FICOCC- Short Film Awards. . en . 2 January 2018 . https://archive.today/20180118074612/https://www.ficocc.com/winners10 . 18 January 2018 . 1 January 2018 . live .
6. News: Award for V.M. Devadas . The Hindu . 3 August 2011 . 14 September 2015.
7. News: Award for V.M. Devadas . The Hindu . 3 August 2011 . 14 September 2015.
8. News: Gets award . The Hindu . 22 April 2011 . 14 September 2015.
9. News: 'ചന്ദ്രിക' കഥാ പുരസ്‌കാരം വി.എം.ദേവദാസിന് . ml . Mathrubhumi . 20 April 2011 . 25 July 2015 . 25 July 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150725150500/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/online/malayalam/news/story/896911/2011-04-20/kerala . dead .
10. News: Kerala Sahithya Akademi Awards-2014. ml . Kerala Sahithya Akademi . 29 February 2016 . 29 February 2016.
11. News: Kerala Sahithya Akademi Awards-2014. ml . Mathrubhumi . 1 March 2016 . 1 March 2016.
12. News: മഴവിൽ സാഹിത്യ പുരസ്ക്കാരം വി എം ദേവദാസിന് – ദേശാഭിമാനി ദിനപ്പത്രം, 01-December-2016 .
13. News: Ankanam Award for V.M Devadas and Arya Gopi . ml . Mathrubhumi . 15 January 2017 . https://archive.today/20170116071711/http://digitalpaper.mathrubhumi.com/c/16136325#page/12 . 16 January 2017 . 16 January 2017 . live .
14. News: A.K. Antony presenting Anganam literary awards . The Hindu. 6 March 2017 .
15. News: വി.എം. ദേവദാസിന്‌ മനോരാജ്‌ കഥാപുരസ്‌കാരം . ml . Mangalam . 20 September 2017 . https://archive.today/20170920072644/http://mangalamepaper.com/upload/news/2017-09-20/1505843050cp.jpg . 20 September 2017 . 20 September 2017 . live .
16. News: സി.വി. ശ്രീരാമൻ സ്‌മൃതി പുരസ്കാരം വി.എം. ദേവദാസിന്.. ml. Mathrubhumi. 27 September 2017. https://archive.today/20170927083611/http://digitalpaper.mathrubhumi.com/1373143/Thrissur/27-September-2017%23page/12. 27 September 2017. 28 September 2017. live.
17. News: യെസ് പ്രസ് ബുക്സ് നോവല്‍ അവാര്‍ഡ് വി എം ദേവദാസിന്. . ml . Deshabhimani . 19 November 2017 . https://archive.today/20171120081949/http://www.deshabhimani.com/news/kerala/news-kerala-19-11-2017/686795 . 20 November 2017 . 20 November 2017 . live .
18. News: വി.എം ദേവദാസിന് പുരസ്‌കാരം. . ml . Mangalam . 20 November 2017 . https://archive.today/20171120082532/http://mangalamepaper.com/upload/news/2017-11-20/1511114683cp.jpg . 20 November 2017 . 20 November 2017 . live .
19. News: 2017-December´s Winners. . FICOCC. 2 January 2018 .
20. News: Panthirukulam wins short story award . ml . thehindu.com . 3 March 2018 . https://archive.today/20180302210540/http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/panthirukulam-wins-short-story-award/article22913522.ece . 2 March 2018 . 2 March 2018 . live .
21. News: Youth welfare board awards declared . The Hindu. 15 March 2018.
22. News: പ്രഥമ കെ.വി സുധാകരന്‍ കഥാപുരസ്‌കാരം വി.എം ദേവദാസിന് . ml . DC Books News. 27 September 2018 . https://archive.today/20180928155140/http://www.dcbooks.com/k-v-sudhakaran-memorial-award-for-v-m-devadas.html. 28 September 2018.
23. News: വൈക്കം മുഹമ്മദ് ബഷീര്‍ മലയാള പഠനകേന്ദ്രം സാഹിത്യ പുരസ്‌കാരങ്ങള്‍ സമ്മാനിച്ചു . ml . DC Books News. 8 July 2019 . https://archive.today/20190708085357/http://www.dcbooks.com/basheer-malayala-padanakendram-awards.html. 8 July 2019.
24. News: ബഷീർ അനുസ്മരണവും പുരസ്‌കാരദാനവും നാളെ. . ml . Mathrubhumi . 4 July 2019 . 8 July 2019 . 8 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190708090257/https://www.mathrubhumi.com/ernakulam/news/kochi-1.3924627 . dead .
25. News: ഡി. ശ്രീമാൻ പുരസ്‌കാരം വി.എം. ദേവദാസിന് . ml . Mathrubhumi News. 20 December 2019 . https://archive.today/20191223131957/https://www.mathrubhumi.com/ernakulam/news/moovattupuzha-1.4375991. 23 December 2019.
26. News: അജു ഫൗണ്ടേഷൻ പുരസ്കാരങ്ങൾ സമ്മാനിച്ചു . ml . Deshabhimani. 24 December 2019 . https://archive.today/20191226092955/https://epaper.deshabhimani.com/c/47200016. 26 December 2019.
27. News: K.A. Kodungallur Madhyamam Sahitya Puraskaram . ml . Madhyamam Daily. 17 December 2021 . https://archive.today/20211222063646/https://www.madhyamam.com/kerala/mills-responsibility-for-rice-quality-food-minister-withdraws-order-following-madhyamam-news-894864?infinitescroll=1. 22 December 2021.
28. News: Thoppil Ravi Smaraka Sahithya Puraskaram . ml . DC Books. 9 February 2022 . https://archive.today/20220216152908/https://www.dcbooks.com/devadas-vm-received-thoppil-ravi-award.html. 16 February 2022.
29. Web site: 2022-07-27 . kerala sahithya academy award announced. . 2022-07-27 . www.thehindu.com . en-US.
30. News: O.V. Vijayan awards for Mathews, Devadas, Nidhin . thehindu.com. 2 February 2023 . https://archive.today/20230209094117/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/ov-vijayan-awards-for-mathews-devadas-nidhin/article66463747.ece. 9 February 2023.